BY SUPERGIANT GAMES

From the creators of Bastion comes Transistor, and, like that game, this is a sexily voiced action-RPG. You play as Red, who finds herself fighting against a city of hostiles using the all powerful, time freezing sword called—you guessed it—the Transistor. As a voiceless protagonist listening to the advice of a disembodied voice, you develop a touchingly symbiotic relationship to your narrator. Your job is to kick butt. His is to make you sound epic.

BY SILVERSTRING MEDIA

Imagine it’s 2, maybe 3 in the morning. You’ve just come back home from a party to an empty apartment. You’re not quite ready to sleep, but you feel quiet. Pensive. A little lonely. This is the exact right time to play Glitchhikers. Take a night drive through pastel mountains, muse on life’s oddities with hitchhikers, and, most of all, just cruise. Take a long blink and let the original soundtrack wash over you. Embrace the monument to sleep-deprived introspection that is Glitchhikers.

BY CAPYBARA GAMES

Initially born from the fiery tempest of game jam, Super Time Force is the time-traveling cousin of Contra that doesn’t take itself too seriously. How not-seriously? Enough that the game encourages you to die, rewind time, and fight alongside your former life in order to double down on your bullet-spewing ability. Useful for taking down a boss or just spewing glowing future bullets.